Punk rock is alive and well in Lexington and one of the spirited leaders of the herd is The Elsinores. The three-piece have been on fire this year, turning in brilliant live performances and consistent recordings. The You're the One 73 is an independently released blast of central Kentucky fury. Whilst capturing the sound and [...]
Summer Camp Music Festival organizers have unveiled yet another batch of additions to this year's lineup including Common, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Galactic, Preservation Hall Jazz Band and BoomBox. These groups and more join an already HT fave-studded bill at the 12th annual event, which is set to take place at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illin. over Memorial Day Weekend. Here's the full list of additions... Common, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Galactic, Preserv ation Hall Jazz Band, BoomBox, Dirty Dozen Brass Band (35th Anniversary Tour), LP, Banyan, Break Science, The Ragbirds, Brother Joscephus, Wick-It The Instigator, Midnight Conspiracy, The Werks, Jimkata, Twin [...]
Click image to download full album Sounds like: Ben Gibbard, Blitzen Trapper "Elsinore - Yes Yes Yes" What's so good? Remember those cover bands in college? They'd set up in the front of the main room of a frat house or on stage at the campus bar and play crowd-friendly tunes while everyone danced. Lots of light beer would be spilled. Did your college cover [...]
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Irgendwie habe ich das Gefühl, dass ich mich noch nie so schwer getan habe wie dieses Jahr, eine - bzw. sogar zwei - definitve Top 10 zu erstellen. Und wie immer habe ich bestimmt wieder die Hälfte vergessen und entdecke einige der besten Platten und Songs von 2010 sowieso erst in zwei Monaten. Deshalb, wie immer, nur eine Momentaufnahme vom Abend des 19. Januar 2011. Morgen früh sieht es vielleicht schon wieder ganz anders aus. Das sagt last.fm Zahlen lügen bekanntlich nicht. Oder doch? Naja, [...]
We come to the last of The Wounded Jukebox's Best Songs of 2010 lists. I made an effort to avoid repeating artists on my list in order to include more of the songs that I loved this year. The resulting list is a pretty good representation of the tunes I discovered in 2010. I prefer [...]
Canasta | Photo by Sarah Hadley “Take Five” is an interview series that focuses on Chicago’s ever-growing music scene by giving you insight on the city’s best local acts via the best source possible: the acts themselves. We ask five questions, and they give five answers. Here is the latest installment featuring Canasta. Orch-pop band Canasta began as a nonchalant experiment by Matt Priest in early 2002. Eight years, and two very welcomed albums later, seventeen members have come and gone and Canasta has finally found its [...]
Artist: Elsinore Latest Release: Yes Yes Yes Genre: Pop/Rock/Indie There's something about the title Yes Yes Yes that carries an almost overeager urgency to it, but that's not really what you get from indie pop artists Elsinore on their excellent third album. Certainly the record has plenty of energetic, even anthematic moments, yet it also bears the mark of a band that is willing to be patient in order to get the most out of their songs. Granted, the explosive hooks and sing-a-long [...]
Hey, it’s Jeremy from the Fingertips web site and I’m back with a selection of the best songs featured on Fingertips in August. If you want some background on what I’m doing here, check out the May edition , in which I more fully introduced myself. Week 1 : "Down By The Water" - The Drums Setting a ’50s-style melody to a stately, hymn-like march, “Down By The Water” is beautiful and odd and tormented and stirring. (Read the entire review .) (Other artists featured week 1: [...]
Releasing their third album 'Yes Yes Yes' on 10th August, Elsinore (of Champaign, Illinois) are little-known on British shores. A veritable mix of indie-pop and heartfelt Midwestern country, they're one of the best bands you're never heard with orchestral climbs and romancing lyrics. Elsinore,has created the ul... Read more..
[ download ] [tweetmeme] The Champaign-Urbana, Illinois music scene has never quite attained the hipster cachet that other college towns like Athens, Georgia or Winston-Salem, North Carolina have had, and that’s a little odd. The U of I’s hometown has produced plenty of great music, from the Elvis Brothers to Adam Schmitt, The Poster Children and The Headlights. No less a powerhouse outfit than King Crimson was based there for a while in the 1980s when Adrian Belew called the place home. And most importantly, the revered indie label [...]
Yes Yes Yes - Elsinore [mp3] (iTunes) (site) Upbeat indie-pop from Champaign, IL's Ryan Groff who aspires to channel the work of Ben Gibbard and Sufjan Stevens.Try To Understand - The Gay Blades [mp3] (site) The first single from the their upcoming album Savages, out October 5th. The type of elated pop-rock that infuse brass in the mix.Framebreaker - Return to Mono [mp3] (site) The San Francisco
The Weekly...or for this occasion, "Monthly" Graboid is back once again after another lengthy absence. No excuses, but it's here and there is more than enough new stuff to sample for the month of August. As of right now I can promise updates on TYS this week, and possibly beyond considering I renewed my hosting service for another year. It's been extremely difficult to remain motivated with this site, but all the support from all of our readers is what makes me continue to push forward. I've also created a Tumblr page that I find [...]
Jonathan Visger from Mason Proper (aka Absofacto ) sent me a note last week that he'd completed a remix for Elsinore; a mashup of 3 or 4 of their songs to create a completely new track. You can download the track for free , along with his remix of Ra Ra Riot 's 'Each Year', his awesome LCD Soundsystem/Kanye mashup of 'Love Lockdown/Get Innocuous' and a cover of the Mamas and the Papas 'California Dreaming'. Absofacto covers and remixes .
Landlocked by Elsinore Jahrelang bezeichnete sich Elsinore als "Band in Transition". Vier Jahre hat es gedauert vom Debutalbum bis zum zweiten Werk, dem gerade erschienenen Yes Yes Yes . Vier Jahre, in denen sich ihre Musik stetig verändert hat. So konnte man viele Stücke im Laufe der Jahre schon hören; The General war schon 2008 einer meiner Songs des Sommers. Die Version von damals unterscheidet sich nicht einmal wirklich von der Albumversion - aber mal ehrlich, was hätte man an dem Lied auch groß verändern sollen? [...]
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What better way for Elsinore to promote the release of their latest album Yes Yes Yes then to have their friend Jonathon Visger , of Mason Proper , remix a few of their tracks into one super song? What you have below is "Happiness Is What You Want," a mash-up of four Elsinore tracks that were thrown together under the Absofacto moniker! Enjoy and grab yourself a copy of Yes Yes Yes here . Filed under: LISTEN TO [...]
It’s is a little after midnight on Friday, August 20. The Bears of Blue River , followed by Canasta – both extremely talented Chicago bands – just finish a pair of inspired sets at Lincoln Avenue’s finest cheese-and-noodle-serving musical establishment, Lincoln Hall . Now, with four horn-playing musicians crammed onto stage left and four additional violin-clad musicians in reserve, things are about to get serious. Two guys with music composition degrees from Eastern Illinois University and two other rhythmically-inclined gentlemen who comprise the Champaign-Urbana-based headliner, Elsinore , position themselves on stage to celebrate [...]
It’s is a little after midnight on Friday, August 20. The Bears of Blue River , followed by Canasta – both extremely talented Chicago bands – just finish a pair of inspired sets at Lincoln Avenue’s finest cheese-and-noodle-serving musical establishment, Lincoln Hall . Now, with four horn-playing musicians crammed onto stage left and four additional violin-clad musicians in reserve, things are about to get serious. Two guys with music composition degrees from Eastern Illinois University and two other rhythmically-inclined gentlemen who comprise the Champaign-Urbana-based headliner, Elsinore , position themselves on stage to celebrate [...]
Back from a little summer hiatus, here's a special doubleshot edition of Drake's Take . -ed. Drake's Take: New Releases 08.10.10-08.17.10 I've been out of town on vacation, so the blog's taken a backseat, but wanted to throw together something for the past two weeks because of two releases - the second release from Bottomless Pit and the finely crafted soundtrack to Scott Pilgrim vs the World . Not much else got me out of my seat, but then again, most everyone takes at least part of the [...]
Whew! Anybody else have a long week? Well, good news, the weekend has finally arrived. Summer is slowly fading away, so better get out there and enjoy the warmth while you still can. But if the heat and outdoors aren't for you, no worries, there are plenty of great reasons to stay inside...inside one of this city's many amazing music clubs! There are tons of great shows we're highlighting this weekend including the Mad Decent Block Party at the Hideout , Slayer and Megadeth at the UIC Pavilion , [...]
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